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The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 of the ongoing series, Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here.You may subscribe to this … Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 4
The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 of the ongoing series, Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT This is a free podcast/post series of Ong’s Hat: COMPLEAT For reviews regarding this work, go here. You may subscribe to this series … Continue reading The COMPLEAT Broadcasts, Chapter 2
Art is War: Fear and Loathing on the Internet
Current work in process. Expected release date: late 2027. An art manifesto for our changing times. At the end of the movie Apocalypse Now, after hacking Kurtz to death during … Continue reading Art is War: Fear and Loathing on the Internet
Joseph Matheny Starving for Story
Hi there, friends! This week, back on the show, is the brilliant, Joseph Matheny! Joseph and I have a granular look into UFO, “the phenomena”, starving for original stories, being … Continue reading Joseph Matheny Starving for Story
Ong’s Hat on TVTropes
A wonderfully comprehensive entry on Ong’s Hat at TVTropes. Whoever did this entry was very inclusive. LINK: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/ARG/OngsHat
Ongs Hat Compleat – Official Soundtrack
LINK: https://polypores.bandcamp.com/album/ongs-hat-compleat-official-soundtrack Also, a great write-up of this project: https://moonbuilding.substack.com/p/issue-73-1-august-2025 The soundtrack to the audiobook version of Ong’s Hat: Compleat New addition: Hat Complete soundtrack! The dl now includes a … Continue reading Ongs Hat Compleat – Official Soundtrack
Keeping up to date
If you subscribe to this site via email or something like WP Reader, I wanted to let you know that I only update it with major announcements. Those would be … Continue reading Keeping up to date
Happy Solar Return (New Year)
Some of the new Substack mailing. Read the entire message here. First of all, I want to say hello and thanks for sticking around. It’s been a busy year, and … Continue reading Happy Solar Return (New Year)
Five questions for Joseph Matheny
Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea. Blog, Internet resources, online reading groups, articles and interviews, Illuminatus! info. Original post: http://www.rawillumination.net/2024/03/five-questions-for-joseph-matheny.html If you haven’t listened to it yet, the new Hilaritas podcast interview … Continue reading Five questions for Joseph Matheny
VYS0036 | Infinite Game – Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny
Show link: https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0036 Some rare art transcends reality, some even rarer art seems to create a new reality altogether – the work of Joseph Matheny does both of these things … Continue reading VYS0036 | Infinite Game – Vayse to Face with Joseph Matheny
Exploring Ong’s Hat
A mystery inside a mystery. FROM CHASING SHADOWS FEB 2, 2024 Quietly nestled near the middle of New Jersey, Ong’s Hat(or sometimes just “Ong”) is about 45 minutes from the … Continue reading Exploring Ong’s Hat
Ong’s Hat creator Joseph Matheny on the blurred lines between fiction and reality
Sat down and had a discussion with Greg, one of the curators of one of my favorite OG websites, The Daily Grail. LINK: https://www.dailygrail.com/2023/12/ongs-hat-creator-joseph-matheny-on-the-blurred-lines-between-fiction-and-reality/ Ong’s Hat. For those who were … Continue reading Ong’s Hat creator Joseph Matheny on the blurred lines between fiction and reality
CAN HYPER-SINCERITY SAVE US?
RECENTLY, INTERNET CREATIVES ARE TRANSFORMING THEIR VULNERABILITIES INTO STRENGTH, BREAKING DOWN ALL BARRIERS OF HUMAN RESPECT. IS THE FEAR OF RIDICULE EXPERIENCING ITS FINAL HOURS? SOURCE: https://www.archyde.com/can-hyper-sincerity-save-us/ Photo caption: BEWARE … Continue reading CAN HYPER-SINCERITY SAVE US?
Fringeware Review Interview with Joseph Matheny
Someone sent this to me recently. It’s an interview Don Webb did with me in 1994 for the legendary Fringeware Review. I had almost forgotten about this. After reading this … Continue reading Fringeware Review Interview with Joseph Matheny
Xen The Zen Of The Other – The Audio Drama, Free Version
As is my custom, after a year of making Xen: The Zen of the Other audio drama commercially available, I am releasing the entire bundle for free on Archive.org and … Continue reading Xen The Zen Of The Other – The Audio Drama, Free Version
Conversations with Diane Di Prima
This book includes a chapter that is comprised of an interview I did with my late, great, friend Diane DiPrima. I miss you, my friend. “Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was … Continue reading Conversations with Diane Di Prima
Statio Numero & Other Updates
Ong’s Hat FAQ I have a review/interview section here, but some people have expressed being overwhelmed with the number of links on that page. Admittedly, it is a lot, and I … Continue reading Statio Numero & Other Updates
‘XEN: THE ZEN OF THE OTHER’ REFLECTS ON EASTERN MYSTICISM, WEST COAST WILDERNESS, AND KEROUACIAN ISOLATION
A review of Xen: The Zen of the Other audio drama at The Contributor by Joe Nolan. An excerpt: “I enjoyed reading Xen: The Zen of the Other, but the … Continue reading ‘XEN: THE ZEN OF THE OTHER’ REFLECTS ON EASTERN MYSTICISM, WEST COAST WILDERNESS, AND KEROUACIAN ISOLATION
Ong’s Hat: Is Princeton Opposed to Satire? The Ballad of “Jojo” Jayaditya Deep
Poe’s law is an adage of Internet culture stating that, without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, every parody of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for … Continue reading Ong’s Hat: Is Princeton Opposed to Satire? The Ballad of “Jojo” Jayaditya Deep
Statio Numero – The Liminal Cycle Part 3
Statio Numero: an interdisciplinary media experience. This limited series is the third and final act of The Liminal Cycle, a meta-trilogy. Knowledge of Liminal and Xen, which comprise the first two … Continue reading Statio Numero – The Liminal Cycle Part 3
Xen: The Zen of the Other- The Liminal Cycle Part 2
Xen: The Zen of the Other (as Ezra Buckley) Liminal Cycle Part II This work was written as an audio drama and the audio drama version includes several format versions of the … Continue reading Xen: The Zen of the Other- The Liminal Cycle Part 2
The Goldilocks Curve – Umberto Tosi
From an article about the inception of digital publishing. Link to full article here: https://authorselectric.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-goldilocks-curve-umberto-tosi.html “The creative energy of Mightywords’ self-publishers exceeded the technological innovation of the enterprise. Some of … Continue reading The Goldilocks Curve – Umberto Tosi
Corrections to Brian Dunning’s Skeptoid Podcast About Ong’s Hat
The first thing one learns upon becoming a subject of press interest is that there’s actually very little one can generally do in the face of inaccurate or even malicious … Continue reading Corrections to Brian Dunning’s Skeptoid Podcast About Ong’s Hat
Liminal: By Cameron- Liminal Cycle Part 1
Liminal (as Cameron Whiteside) Liminal Cycle Part I Part one of a trilogy, with Xen: The Zen of the Other being part two. The third and final part will appear … Continue reading Liminal: By Cameron- Liminal Cycle Part 1
The Last Book: A MediaKaos Work in Progress
Source: https://directory.eliterature.org/individual-work/1269 (Original work cited from early 90s) Joseph Matheny lives in Los Angeles, California, and he is the executive director and producer of the Santa Barbara and the Los … Continue reading The Last Book: A MediaKaos Work in Progress
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